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Side Effect for Children: Day-Care Dilemmas

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Kate Linebaugh

Updated May 8, 2012 12:22 p.m. ET

In the weeks after Andi Smith's 13-month-old son, William, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the mother of two was dealt another blow: Her day-care providers refused to treat his condition. So for six months, Ms. Smith, a veterinary assistant, dashed out on her lunch break to give her son his insulin shot."I broke down and I thought, 'I can't keep doing this,' " Ms. Smith said.

"No, we can't even do testing. No, we don't do shots," said Ms. Smith. "You really feel slapped in the face, when you...

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